American Playwrights on Language and the War in Iraq: A Virtual Roundtable

David Adjmi; Christine Evans; Charlotte Meehan; Lisa Schlesinger; Christopher Shinn; Naomi Wallace

doi:10.1215/01610775-2009-006

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American Playwrights on Language and the War in Iraq: A Virtual Roundtable

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American Playwrights on Language and the War in Iraq: A Virtual Roundtable

David Adjmi, Christine Evans, Charlotte Meehan, Lisa Schlesinger, Christopher Shinn and Naomi Wallace

Theater (New Haven, Conn.), Vol.39(3), pp.91-105

09/22/2009

DOI: 10.1215/01610775-2009-006

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Abstract

Caridad Svich moderates a virtual panel of American playwrights-David Adjmi, Christine Evans, Charlotte Meehan, Lisa Schlesinger, Christopher Shinn, and Naomi Wallace-in a discussion about the abuses of language in wartime, conducted in 2008. The playwrights respond to the Iraq War by discussing the responsibility of theater artists in crisis and salient examples from their work. Moderated by Caridad Svich

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Title: Subtitle: American Playwrights on Language and the War in Iraq: A Virtual Roundtable
Creators: David Adjmi
Christine Evans
Charlotte Meehan
Lisa Schlesinger
Christopher Shinn
Naomi Wallace
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Theater (New Haven, Conn.), Vol.39(3), pp.91-105
Publisher: Duke University Press
DOI: 10.1215/01610775-2009-006
ISSN: 0161-0775
eISSN: 1527-196X
Language: English
Date published: 09/22/2009
Academic Unit: Cinematic Arts; Theatre Arts
Record Identifier: 9984399627502771

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